Women's Human Rights Resources
Search CWGL's Poster Collection housed at RUCore:
Resources and Research Tools
News and Information
Women's Organizations
UN Interaction
Training Materials: Handbooks, Toolkits, and Institutes
News and Information
- Women in the News: The Gender Wire from the Inter Press Service (IPS) News Agency
- UN WomenWatch, the central gateway to information and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies and academic and research institutions.
- The Women's UN Report Program & Network (WUNRN) was founded in cooperation with a UN Study and addresses the human rights,
oppression, and empowerment of women and girls all over the world.
- Young Feminist Wire - AWID: The Wire is a hub of information by, about, and for young feminists: tools and resources, opportunities and calls for participation, news and updates, in addition to collaborative activities. It also features blog posts, interviews, directories, and a registration form that allows you to plug in to a network of young activists and older allies. Nadine Moawad
- Women News Network: Breaking News Portal, an up-to-date feed from the Women News Network, a not-for-profit media news network dedicated to unearthing untold stories about women across the world via in-depth, independent reporting.
- The Female Factor | International Herald Tribune, a series of articles by The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune which examines the most recent shifts in women's power, prominence and impact on societies around the world, and tries to measure the influence of women on early 21st century development.
- Pambazuka News: Women and Gender, news on women and gender from Pambazuka Press and Pambazuka News, which disseminate analysis and debate on the struggle for freedom and justice through the voices of the peoples of Africa and the global South.
- For more, see Media/News
Women’s Organizations
- Rutgers University Libraries Resource: Global Women's Activism: Selected Sites. These sites represent entities devoted to worldwide women's activism. They include significant documents, UN affiliated NGOs, government agencies, academic institutions, research centers, as well as focus-specific organizations working on issues such as advocacy, empowerment, human rights, social justice, HIV/AIDS, prevention of violence against women, etc. Each site contains links to the organizations' publications and other online resources useful for investigations on women and gender. The list is arranged by continents and countries where the organizations are located and/or provide services. The category "Transnational" lists organizations and other entries with transnational and international scope. Relevant sites from different units at Rutgers University are also included.
- Categorized Organizations & Internet Resources A thematic list of organizations working on women’s human rights issues.
- Organizations working on issues related to women's human rights An alphabetical list of our core partner organizations working on women’s human rights issues.
UN Interaction
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR): Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society
Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society is now available on-line in English, and will shortly be available in Russian, Arabic, Spanish and French. Working with the United Nations Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Society is a new, user-friendly and authoritative publication on United Nations human rights bodies and mechanisms – explaining how they work and exploring the many important ways that civil society actors including NGOs can contribute to their work. Since the Handbook is a dynamic tool, and updates will be provided on the website, all feedback is welcomed by the Civil Society Unit (civilsocietyunit@ohchr.org).
- International Service for Human Rights (ISHR): Simple Guide to the Treaty Bodies
The Simple Guide aims to provide human rights defenders and their organisations with a broad overview of the UN human rights treaty body system and its functions in order to support their effective engagement with the treaty bodies in their own work. The Guide also contains other information that defenders may find useful, such as the relationship between the treaty bodies and other international human rights mechanisms, relevant developments related to the harmonisation of the working methods of the treaty bodies, and a glossary and e-resources for further reference.
- Universal Human Rights Index of United Nations Documents A search engine for finding UN human rights documents
- United Nations Entities that Incorporate Gender Equality A full list of all UN bodies and agencies, intergovernmental organizations, and other entities that work on gender equality issues, including the following primary organizations:
- International Instruments and Treaty Bodies Relevant to Gender Equality
- Gender-Related UN Conferences, Meetings, and Special Days
- Promotion of Women within the UN System
- UN Thematic List of Resources on Gender Equality
Training Materials: Handbooks, Toolkits, and Institutes
Campaign-Specific Research Tools
- 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Find information about violence against women and the annual campaign from November 25 to December 10 to put an end to gender violence.
- Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Find information about the campaign to establish a new, comprehensive and coordinated gender entity at the United Nations. The United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously on 2 July 2010 to create a new entity to accelerate progress in meeting the needs of women and girls worldwide.
The establishment of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women — to be known as UN Women — is a result of years of negotiations between UN Member States and advocacy by the global women’s movement. It is part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact.
- Women Human Rights Defenders Find information about protection, support, and defense of women human rights defenders as defenders of human rights, no matter their gender or sexual orientation.
- Check out the FrontLine homepage for urgent actions and news updates on human rights defenders.
- Economic and Social Rights Find information about affirming that economic, social, and cultural rights are human rights, as well as information on the intersections between women and development.
Statements
CWGL Archives
CWGL’s archives are available through Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries, based in New Brunswick, NJ. Since CWGL’s founding in 1989, the Center has fostered women's leadership in the area of human rights through women's global leadership institutes, strategic planning activities, international mobilization campaigns, United Nations monitoring, global education endeavors, publications and a resource center. For those interested in CWGL’s past activities and significant involvement in UN world conferences, you can access files by contacting Special Collections directly. Please allow 1-2 days notice before your visit. For the list of files, click here.
Women in Leadership Database (WILD): a portal to unique scholarly resources about women's leadership found in selective archival and manuscript collections at Rutgers University. We encourage scholars, students, teachers, and the interested public to investigate, through the study of primary sources, the many forms and roles women's leadership can take; leadership strategies developed by women; and arenas in which women participate as leaders.
Collaborations
- Release of International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of Burma report and short video, Nobel Women’s Initiative
- Claiming Rights, Claiming Justice: A Guidebook on Women Human Rights Defenders, published by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development in collaboration with a group of women rights, human rights and sexual health advocates: http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf2007/book3Neo.pdf
- ‘Yogyakarta Principles’ a Milestone for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights: Experts Set Out Global Standards for Sexual Rights and Gender Equality (Arabic, English, Español, Français, Polski, Български)
- Proceedings of the International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders, full report of the International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders held on 29 November - 2 December 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This report documents the discussions and analyses of violations and abuses committed against women human rights defenders through a framework of four key sources of violations: state actors, non-state actors, family and community, sex and sexuality-based attacks. It also contains strategies and recommendations made by the participants to better protect women human rights defenders. http://www.defendingwomen-defendingrights.org/pdf/WHRD-Proceedings.pdf
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